Posted by tomwalker on 2008-12-04 12:06 | Comments

The John Butler Trio* will be performing on the The Today Show on Channel 9 in Australia this Wednesday Nov 19th. JBT will be playing a new song called All Night Long. This has been used in the movie "Australia" along with two other musical pieces. Australia hits cinemas on Wednesday Nov 26th, with the premier in Sydney this Tuesday.
The JBT will be on the Today Show at approx 8.40am and JB will also close the show with a solo version of "Waltzing Matilda" featuring his grandfather's Dobro.

*The Today Show performance will feature Steve Hadley on Bass for this one off TV show as Shannon Birchall is in distant Europe during JBT's holiday period!

Posted by tomwalker on 2008-11-17 16:35 | Comments

JBT are looking to expand their social networking sites into the hugely popular MIXI social network in Japan - http://mixi.jp

But we're not Japanese!

So we're asking any Japanese JBT fans who wish to help run the MIXI site to let us know.

- You will need to know how to run a social networking site like Myspace / Facebook etc.
- MIXI requires invitation before you can start a site so it would help if your already on MIXI and familiar with how it works.
- Who ever gets the job of managing the MIXI site will get free tickets in Japan & merchandise etc
- You will be required to keep the MIXI page updated with information given to you, basic news, tour dates etc.

So if your Japanese and interested in running the JBT MIXI site, let us know in this thread or email mail@johnbutlertrio.com

Posted by tomwalker on 2008-11-05 14:12 | Comments

Winners of a competition have a guitar lesson with John Butler. Looks like they already know how to play 'Ocean'.

Posted by tomwalker on 2008-10-14 15:44 | Comments

The John Butler Trio have come into the Top 50 Australian artists of the year and now it's up to fans to vote for the finalists.
The award is announced annually at the Aria Awards
SO, get in a vote for JBT for the [V] OZ Artist of the Year!

http://channelv.com.au/V/OzArtist/vote. … ButlerTrio

Posted by tomwalker on 2008-10-10 17:55 | Comments

John Butler will be a guest on the ABC show "Spicks & Specks" to air on OCT 1st in Australia.
"Spicks & Specks" is a very similar show to "Never Mind The Buzzcocks" for the UK fans.
Will John be on Alan or Myf's side?

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/spicksandspecks/

UPDATE: John Butler's instrumental composition ocean played live on ABC's Spicks & Specks



Shannon Birchall was on the show last year when his former band* 'The Band Who Knew Too Much' was the special guest band on the 'Look what they did to my song ma' section.
Check it out, he's playing the double bass and gets a little solo near the end:



*Shannon was a founding member, song writer and performer for The Band Who Knew Too Much (TBWKTM) but since early this year has had to part ways with them to focus on JBT touring.
Check out their music if you want to hear some Shannon Birchall originals. He's performed on all albums to this date and has 2 originals on the last album 'Eat, Sleep, Work': http://www.tbwktm.com/

Posted by tomwalker on 2008-09-18 16:55 | Comments

The JB Seed Grant Program continues to nurture new talent and annually attracts a wide and eclectic range of applicants from around the nation. With the key theme of self sustainability The JB Seed allows artists to create new and innovative works by offering strategic cash injections, so often essential, to help budding artists continue to provide inspiring and stimulating art for existing and ever growing culturally aware audiences.

Over the past four years The JB Seed has made its mark as a pioneering grants program, built for the arts industry by the arts industry. With the financial and in kind assistance of philanthropists from all facets of the arts, the program recognizes excellence in emerging talent and originality and we are very proud to announce another string of successful applicants for funding in 2008.

The Jacqui McCoy (Geia) Trust, a new initiative for The JB Seed in this, its inaugural year, has funded three distinct and original concepts which were felt to be in line with Jacqui’s ethos. The trust seeks to honour the tireless work of the late Jacqui McCoy (Geia), who devoted much of her life to assisting artists from all backgrounds, but particularly disadvantaged and Indigenous Australian artists.

As the program has grown, a key highlight has become the Management Workshop with 24 applicants awarded places for the gathering this year. The success of this category is evident as it allows emerging managers, self managed solo musicians or band members who are managing their own band, to exchange information, build important relationships and create national networks of support.

In other news, The JB Seed is thrilled to announce a new partnership with both Southbound and The Falls Festivals as an extension of The JB Seed Management Workshop. One emerging act (whose manager is attending the workshop) has been chosen to perform at both festivals. We see this as an evolution of what The JB Seed hopes to offer emerging artists through partnerships with organisations who are also passionate about and committed to encouraging and growing the Australian Music scene.

The success of the Indigenous Hip Hop Recording Competition: SPEAK which was launched in 2007 and proved a triumph for successful applicant ‘Impossible Odds’, who, after recording a critically acclaimed EP [Time Off (Chris Yates) – Single Of The Week:‘… Musically the EP covers a lot of different ground….Leone is a very talented MC, and there could be no doubt that this EP will prove itself to be one of the most important Australian hip hop releases this year]not only received national airplay on Triple J but has also been nominated for 'Most Promising New Talent in music' at this year’s Deadly Awards. Following on from this and as reported on announcement of the applications for 2008, this category was broadened and opened up to all music genres, however the strength of the Indigenous hip hop movement has shone through and this year another hip hop act has been granted this funding.

Of this years round of funding for The JB Seed, John Butler said today:

“Every year I am truly amazed and inspired by the depth and diversity of art submitted to The JB Seed fund. This year’s successful applicants are no exception.  We are very honoured to fund a record number of many great artistic endeavours this year, including recording Indigenous hip hop artists, assisting committed musicians seeking extra tuition from masters in their chosen field, activists applying their creativity to better inform and inspire their communities and the highly successful Management Workshops held for the third consecutive year in the Blue Mountains. Once again all of us at The JB Seed would like to thank all our contributors who help us help others. You are all LEGENDS.”                               
John Butler

Visit the website for http://www.thejbseed.com for full details on each category and funding.

Posted by tomwalker on 2008-09-11 12:11 | Comments